Our trip to Charleston

Friday night, Will and I loaded our things in the van, picked up Nana, Granddad, and Aunt Abigail and headed to Charleston. We lived in Charleston until I was in the 5th grade, so it is always nice to get back there for a visit. We got in to town around 10:30 that night and went to the hotel. Boo-boo had never spent the night in a hotel before, so that was fun for him to run around and check everything out. We didn't get good sleep that night for various reasons, but we had to get up early anyway and head out.

We went to Perkins for breakfast. For those of you that don't know what Perkins is, it might be compared to IHOP. My dad's family used to own a Perkins in Charleston, so dad wanted us to eat in one. Boo-boo is getting his molars, so he was not feeling real good at breakfast. The picture of him and his Aunt Abigail is outside of Perkins.

We then went to get Gayle, who is in town from Costa Rica. We picked her up at the shop her mom works at. Once she was in the van, it was off to Folly Beach.

Will had never seen the ocean, nor touched his feet in the sand, so that was fun to do. He didn't like the soft loose sand, nor the soft wet sand that your feet sink into. He did like walking on the hard wet sand closer to the water. He even enjoyed going into the water, until a little wave caught his big red shovel and pulled him down and under the water. Granddad scooped him up before the screams could start. After he calmed down, he started running around again. He screamed again once Mama stripped him down and put him under the shower at the beach. :)

From the beach we went to Bessingers BBQ for lunch. Will was not feeling well again, so he just ate some applesauce and had some milk...then fell asleep on Nana on the swing.

After lunch we headed to downtown Charleston to the market area. I love walking through the market. Spoleto festival was going on this weekend, so it was especially busy and crowded. I found a lady who makes beautiful handmade dresses and john-johns, so I got her card to look at her website. Then we went in a store that dad likes to look at the onesies. He bought Will one that says "Lock up your daughters, Charleston, SC."

We walked around inside Charleston Place while Granddad and Aunt Abigail went to find the van. Mount Pleasant was next on the list...we rode around several neighborhoods and looked around. Then it was time to take Gayle back to her mom. :(

We always hate to say good-bye to Gayle. Oh, and she and Bobby gave Will a precious stuffed frog and an Elmo book for his birthday. He has already loved on his frog and scraped most of the paint off his eyes with his front teeth. Haha!

After saying good-bye to Gayle, we went to the S&S cafeteria that mom and dad used to take me to when I was Will's age. He ate a really good dinner of broccoli, spinach, squash, green beans, baked spaghetti, and some milk.

Then we headed to Aunt Winnie's house in Columbia for the night. They just moved into a beautiful patio home, so we were excited to get to see them and stay there. We all slept GREAT that night...Will didn't even move until 8am.

We spent the morning with Aunt Winnie and Really Great Uncle Don, and then headed on home. It was such a wonderful trip, but like all trips, we were glad to get home...especially to see Daddy and Toby. Here are some pictures from our trip, and I will post some more when I get some that Aunt Abigail took! Enjoy!